When rendering a partial from tasks.js.coffee.erb - undefined, render

[dreamr]

// /Users/james/development/me/railstar/app/assets/javascripts/tasks.js.coffee.erb
$("#add_objective").live 'click', (event) ->
  $("#objectives").append -> 
    "<%= render :partial => '/tasks/objective', :object => Objective.new %>"

Error compiling asset application.js:

NoMethodError: undefined method `render' for #<#<Class:0x00000100ac4a08>:0x00000100d7d678>
  (in /Users/james/development/me/railstar/app/assets/javascripts/tasks.js.coffee.erb)

I converted it to js.erb and from coffeescript to jquery and I get the same error. I can evaluate some things in the brackets though

<%= 1+1 %> compiles the js just fine

[josh]

render isn't available to assets.

[keilmillerjr]

Yeah. This sucks. So much for me creating a modal (pop up) for records on the fly with js. Looks like I'll just have to have a modal for every record already on the page. It just makes the source code ugly and will make the page take longer to load for the user.

Not a big deal. I forgot that assets are compiled.

[andersennl]

Having the same problem with Rails 4.0.4, it would be really useful if render would be available.

[whatyouhide]

What about rendering static HTML files that could live in app/assets too? I often need some generic markup (like a <li> with some classes) to use with some JS logic but I don't want to embed it in the JS code.

[rafaelfranca]

Take a look at the jst project
On May 13, 2014 9:15 AM, "Andrea Leopardi" notifications@github.com wrote:

What about rendering static HTML files that could live in app/assets too?
I often need some generic markup (like a

with some classes) to use
with some JS logic but I don't want to embed it in the JS code.

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[whatyouhide]

@rafaelfranca Neat! That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[yoshiokatsuneo]

This worked for me.

= Haml::Engine.new(File.read(File.join(Rails.root, 'app/views/xxxx','_form.html.haml'))).render(Object.new, :hello => "Hello World")

[HannesBenson]

@yoshiokatsuneo Thanks for that, worked for me as well.